According to those released documents, instead of turning over the tapes to law enforcement, they were disposed of – and the people who knew the tapes existed reached as high as the apostolic nuncio in Washington, D.C. and the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, the Pioneer Press reports.

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Dummer was among those recently added to a list of priests with credible accusations of sexual misconduct following a landmark settlement between the archdiocese and abuse victims in October. Thursday's release of documents was also part of the settlement.

Dummer continued working in the archdiocese until 2006 as a chaplain at Regions Hospital. He now lives in an oblates residence in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, according to the archdiocese. He's believed to still be working as a priest, attorney Mike Finnegan said.

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The documents were turned over to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, which is expected to investigate church officials for possible obstruction of justice, reports say.